The classification of links up to link-homotopy

Habegger, Nathan; Lin, Xiao-Song

doi:10.1090/S0894-0347-1990-1026062-0

The classification of links up to link-homotopy

Authors: Nathan Habegger and Xiao-Song Lin
Journal: J. Amer. Math. Soc. 3 (1990), 389-419
MSC: Primary 57M25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0894-0347-1990-1026062-0
MathSciNet review: 1026062
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